Restoration of autophagy by puerarin in ethanol-treated hepatocytes via the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase
- Authors
- Noh, Byung-Kyu; Lee, Jung Kyu; Jun, Hee-jin; Lee, Ji Hae; Jia, Yaoyao; Hoang, Minh-Hien; Kim, Jung-Wan; Park, Kwan-Hwa; Lee, Sung-Joon
- Issue Date
- 22-10월-2011
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Keywords
- Puerarin; Autophagy; AMPK; mTOR; Alcoholic liver damage
- Citation
- BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, v.414, no.2, pp.361 - 366
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
- Volume
- 414
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 361
- End Page
- 366
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/111354
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.077
- ISSN
- 0006-291X
- Abstract
- We investigated the effects of puerarin, the major isoflavone in Kudzu roots, on the regulation of autophagy in ethanol-treated hepatocytes. Incubation in ethanol (100 mM) for 24 h reduced cell viability by 20% and increased the cellular concentrations of cholesterol and triglycerides by 40% and 20%, respectively. Puerarin stimulation significantly recovered cell viability and reduced cellular lipid accumulation to a level comparable to that in untreated control cells. Ethanol incubation reduced autophagy significantly as assessed by microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) expression using immunohistochemistry and immunoblot analysis. The reduced expression of LC3 was restored by puerarin in a dose-dependent manner in ethanol-treated cells. The effect of puerarin on mammalian targets of rapamycin (mTOR), a key regulator of autophagy, was examined in ethanol-treated hepatocytes. Immunoblotting revealed that puerarin significantly induced the phosphorylation of 5'AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), thereby suppressing the mTOR target proteins S6 ribosomal protein and 4E-binding protein 1. These data suggest that puerarin restored the viability of cells and reduced lipid accumulation in ethanol-treated hepatocytes by activating autophagy via AMPK/mTOR-mediated signaling. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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